{"id":8082,"date":"2024-04-05T12:50:12","date_gmt":"2024-04-05T02:50:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/community\/uncategorized\/taking-steps-to-improve-your-health"},"modified":"2024-04-05T13:03:56","modified_gmt":"2024-04-05T03:03:56","slug":"taking-steps-to-improve-your-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/community\/news\/taking-steps-to-improve-your-health","title":{"rendered":"Taking \u2018steps\u2019 to improve your health"},"content":{"rendered":"

Taking \u2018steps\u2019 to improve your health<\/h1>\n
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Each year around 400 people in the northern Moreton Bay region are benefiting from the cardiac and pulmonary rehabilitation program delivered by the Complex Chronic Disease team at the Burpengary Leisure Centre including Jody (pictured left).<\/p><\/div>\n

A Moreton Bay complex chronic disease rehabilitation program is continuing to change the lives of hundreds of patients experiencing severe respiratory or heart conditions each year.<\/h4>\n

For cardiac and pulmonary rehabilitation program graduate Jody Allison, it\u2019s all about enjoying the simple things in life, and often the things you often take for granted such as walking or routine activities around the home.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere was a time I struggled to walk up to 15 metres without stopping, but I wanted to be able to function in everyday life and in particular, interact with and play with my four grandchildren (who range in age from four to 14),\u201d Jody said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI experience fibromyalgia which causes severe muscle pain and shortness of breath and has had a big impact on my life.<\/p>\n

\u201cBy starting an eight-week exercise program I noticed a difference in my breathing within a month, at the end of it I was surprised by my results and could complete the six-minute walking assessment.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jody is like many people in our community who suffer from a chronic respiratory condition or heart condition, making it a lot more difficult for them to maintain their independence, mobility, and function.<\/p>\n

As part of the cardiac and pulmonary rehabilitation program, delivered by Metro North Health\u2019s Complex Chronic Disease Team, Jody undertook two gym sessions each week over a period of eight weeks at the Burpengary Leisure Centre.<\/p>\n

\u201cI completed a number of exercise routines which involved walking, bicep curls, resistance training, arm cycle exercises, steps, leg raises, weights and bike riding,\u201d Jody said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe girls (physiotherapists, nurse and clinical assistant) were absolutely amazing, they constantly checked on me to see how I was before and during the exercises.<\/p>\n

\u201cNow that I am finished the program, they have provided me with a care plan for home, as I have to keep up the exercise program to maintain my fitness level.\u201d
\nComplex Chronic Disease Team Senior Physiotherapist Erin Victor said that Jody\u2019s results were quite exceptional given that she also experienced an extra bout of Influenza A and pneumonia during her recovery.
\n\u201cRehabilitation is one of the most important interventions for people diagnosed with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) or a cardiac condition,\u201d Erin said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe benefits can increase physical fitness and functioning, and reduce breathlessness and hospital admissions.”
\nThe cardiac and pulmonary rehabilitation program also includes rehabilitation for people with heart conditions needing the skills they need to build healthy heart habits and to help with recovery.<\/p>\n

Each year around 400 people in the northern Moreton Bay region have benefited from the cardiac and pulmonary rehabilitation program delivered at the Burpengary Leisure Centre.<\/p>\n

Pulmonary Rehabilitation Programs are also delivered at North Lakes Health Precinct, and cardiac rehabilitation at Chermside and North Lakes with more than 1,600 patients benefiting from this unique service each year.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A Moreton Bay cardiac and pulmonary rehabilitation program is continuing to change the lives of hundreds of patients suffering chronic respiratory or heart conditions each year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":8083,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_searchwp_excluded":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8082","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8082","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8082"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8082\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8088,"href":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8082\/revisions\/8088"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8083"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8082"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8082"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8082"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}